What I'm REALLY doing in the garden...last day of June I just came in from an hour out in the…
Here in the Sierra foothills of California, sometimes the Autumn season brings a feeling of melancholy to gardeners, faced with…
"The more people know about bats the more they'll care about them." Sitting out tonight, while watering, I noticed a…
or ...Why I remember a Sunset Magazine article from 1999. A few months before we bought our place here in…
Yosemite Nature Notes is a video series produced by Steven M. Bumgardner, an employee of Sequoia National Park. I've blogged…
In 2009, I visited my sister in New Zealand and on one weekend trip we drove down to the city…
Field Trip: Hornitos On a recent photo trek through the area between the Sierra foothills and the Central Valley of…
Oh! Do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be…
How to dry your tomato harvest to enjoy gourmet dried tomatoes all winter long If you have a good crop of…
Learning about watering for California natives ...and some Mediterranean plants in a home garden in the Sierra Foothills. I…
Last month, my friend, Cheryl and I, committed to giving a workshop to the garden club on a subject we were…
Oakhurst's official flower? When I arrived here in the mountains of Central California, I slowly became familiar with some of…
June's Blue Haze, Brodiaea This is a picture story of Elegant or Harvest Brodiaea in the Sierra foothill garden. This is…
The popularity of African violets in the US began in the 1920s when the Armacost and Royston Nursery in Los…
Here are the native and non-native flowers and plants that are blooming this month in my Sierra foothill garden. The…
Welcome Summer! On the summer solstice which is today, the Northern Hemisphere receives more sunlight than on any other day…
Sunday- Rarangi Beach Monday-Blenheim Wineries and Gardens Tuesday-Totaranui and Abel Tasman Nat’l Park Wednesday-Birds of Abel Tasman Thursday- Nelson, New…
Picton, the gem of the Marlborough Sounds Sunday- Rarangi Beach Monday-Blenheim Wineries and Gardens Tuesday-Totaranui and Abel Tasman Nat’l Park…